42-year old Rohana cradles her daughter, Puteri Rian, close to her. Puteri looks smaller than other 10-month olds, her skinny limbs sorely needing a healthy padding of baby fat. She has not learned to sit up or crawl yet, barely makes a sound unless it is to cry, and is lethargic most of the time.

“Around one month after we brought Puteri back to the hospital, she had a fever and cough,” Rohana tells us. “It became worse and we brought her to the hospital. She couldn’t breathe on her own and had to be on life support. The doctors gave her many injections with these big needles. She had to take medication and it made her cry every time. Seeing my baby with tubes stuck to her body and relying on a machine to live was the most frightening moment of my life. I felt scared and helpless.”
Surayati and her mother, Norisah, used to carry 16 buckets of water a day from the village well for their family's use. We helped their village by building a well, pump, and piping leading to their home, improving their access to water.






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- The Global Peace Team

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